“It feels almost predestined that Four Tet’s new album was released on a day many spent preparing to lock themselves inside. Sixteen Oceans, Kieran Hebden’s 10th album as Four Tet, sounds like a beam of spring sunlight cascading through a window, warmly seeping into your skin while dust particles and errant thoughts drift loosely overhead. The balmy texture that dominates the record is largely a r”
“Kieran Hebden’s latest album of club-ready barnstormers and downbeat daydreams feels like a companion to 2017’s New Energy.”
“Four Tet's increasingly ambient direction continues to dampen his appeal on Sixteen Oceans.”